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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY C ONCERN:

Be it known -that I, ISRAEL LONG, of Terre Hatc,`rin the county of Vigo, and State of Indiana, 'have invented certain `new and useful Improvements in Ploughs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and oxactdescription of thenature, construction, and operationof the sumehreference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part o f this specification, and in which? Figure 1 is a plan of my improved plough.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure isla longitudinal sectional view of the axle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures. 1

In the plough, the subject of this application, a seat is mounted upon the frame'to enable the ploughman to ride while directing and controlling the operation ot' the implement. The ploughs are attached by their shanks to beams or arms, which are-attached to sleeves or"collars itted loosely upon the ends of the axle, and occupying positions outsideof the wheels, so that the ploughs shall work incluse proximity to the latter, and prevent them lfrom clo in b u rootin thc weeds, etc., which stand `in the ath. The lou hs may be lowered to their gg g Y P g P P g voperating positions or raised outof contact Awith the ground by means of levers attached to the sleeves on the axle, The plough at one side of the machine is raised, and remains at rest, while the plough at the opposite is in operation. The hounds are not attached to the draught-pole, as is commonlyl practised, but are connected directly to -the double-tree by a movable pin, so that the draught may be' transferred to the side occupied by the working plough. The axle is made in two parts, which are adjustable one upon the other, so that the wheels may be set 'farther from or nearer to each other, as desired.

In order that others skilled in the art to which'my said invention appertains may be enabled to fully understand and' use the same, I will proceed to describe it in detail. A

In the accompanying drawings, A A may represent the wheels, B B the axle, C the draughtpole,`and D D the hounds. Upon the tongue, and in convenient position between the wheels, is mounted the seat E for the driver or ploughmam The axle is made in two parts, B B, respectively, and these two parte, at the point of connection, are constructed with oifsets, a a, adapted to slide one upon the other, the axle being held under any degree of extension by meansv oi'- the screws a a', for the accommodationrof which the two parts of the axle arel provided with a suitable number of holes.l By this means the wheels A A may be adjusted toward or away from V each other, as may be desired. E E are sleeves, each of which is itted to turn upon the fixed axle B I3, and at the same time ail'ords a journal bearing for Aone of the wheels A A. These sleeves E E project through or outside of the hubs of their respective wheels, and to the outer end pf each sleeve is attached a beam or arm, Fi

To the free ends of these beams F F are attached the shanlis of the ploughs G G; thus the latter are made tooccupy positions at the opposite sides of the machine, outside of the wheels, and in such proximity to the latter as to clear away the weeds and enable the wheels to run without clogging. Each arm is so attached to its sleeve E', that the turning or partial rotation of the latter will cause the former to vibrate in a vertical plane. The turning or partial rotation of the sleeves is eected by means of the levers II I-I, which may be detained when moved forward or backward by notches'in the, segmental bars I I, attached to bars J 3 supported upon' the draught-pole. By means of these levers one plough may be lowered and retained in its operating position, and the plough at the opposite side of the machine beheld in an elevated position out of Contact with the ground, Only one of the ploughs is in operation at one time; thus when a furrow has been completed by G, it is elevated and G is brought into requisition. A By this ineans the upturued soil is all thrown in one and the same direction. Toenable the draught to be transferred fromoiie side to the other to lsuit whichever plough may be in operation, the doubletree K is attached to either of the hounds D D', by means of the loose pin Z, and the forward ends of the said hounds are independent of the tongue, that is to say, they are not attached to the latter. Hence when the plough G is in operation, the double-tree is attached by the piu Zito the hound D, but when plough G is in operation, the pin l attaches 4the double-tree to hound D. If preferred, a subsoil plough may be attached to each beam, AF, to operate in conjunction with the breaking plough G or G.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new herein,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. I claim the adjustable beams F F, occupying positions at opposite sides of the machine and outside of the wheels, and each adapted for the attachment of one or more ploughs, substantially as andior the purpose herein specied. l

2. I claim the combination, with the ploughs G G', beams F F of the collars E E, ltted to turn upon the ends of the axle, and adjustedhy means of levers or otherwise, as and for the purpose specified.

3. I claim the combination of the plough beams F F, collars E vE, levers H, and notched bars `I I,'al1 arranged and operating in the manner and for the purpose hereinset forth.

4. I claim the adjustable double-tree K, in combinatiouwith the independent hounds D D', whereby thev draught may betransferred to either side of the machine, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

i ISRAEL LONG;

Witnesses:

WM. H. Isaacs, FRED. H. IsAAos. 

